Adjustable cultivator.



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n ADJUSTABLE CULTIVATOR. APPLICATION FILED FEB 19, 1909 Patented Aug.l23,191o.

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EDWIN M. MCKISSICK, F COlIiUlitllBU MISSISSIPI.

' ADJUSTABLE CULTIVATOR.

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a eit'izen ot' the United States, residingr atI `Columbus; in the county of Lowndes and Stateof Mississippi, hat e invented new and useful Iin-provrinents ir. A\djnstable Cfulti-v vators. oi waieh the following is a specilication.l v

This invention is an imjaoved adjustable en'ltivator adapted for use in. cultivating crops whether tlie saine. be growing in level beds. onrhflges er 11i hollen-'s between the ridges and the said invention eoiisists in the eonstrurtion. eombimition and arrangement ot devires hereinafter described and claimed.

ln the areamjninying t'lravingsz-l'ignre l is a plairot a enltivator eonsti'r ted in at'- eordanee with mi' invention. Fig'. :I is a detail plan ot' ont-Lol' the hinge frames to whieh the rultivator deviees are eoniieeted. Fie'. is a drh-,il perspeetive view of the guiding linl\ to whi h'. the tender is eoiinreted. ["ig.- l is a-lside elelvation of my iniproved eulti'vator. Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. t' is a detail perspective view ot' one of the eulti 'ator devices. Fig. is a vdetail view ot a portion of the main beam. showing;- one of' the hinge connections` i et\\.en the .saine and the hinge.v trames which carri' the eultivatior deviees.

The main beam t ot' in v improved adjustable t-:Jtiiator is provided on its under side at a suitable distant-e from its frontend with l a plate 2 ot' suitable length wliieh plate projeets beyond opposite sides of the beam and is. provided with adjusting openings 3. ik

pair of handle bars 4 are scoured atI their front ends as by a bolt. to oppositie sides of the beam at a distance from the front. end. or' the latter. ed together near their rear ends by a rung (E. A pair-of b 'are bars 7 have their lower ends pivotalli eonneeted to the beam by a bolt They are provided at their upper ends with adjusting' openingsI 9 and bolts 1() are employed whit-h in eoaetion with said adjusting openings seein-e the handle bars to the said brace bars at any desired adjustmentof the' handle bars vso thatr the latter maj.' he raised or lowered as desired. Y elevis 1l is seein-ed to the fronty end of the beam. .\t suitable distanets from the i'ear end of the beam :Ire hinge plates l.l whieh are Said handle bars are connect-v Hinge l Specification o Letters Patent, Patented All". 23, 1910- Application led February i9. 1909. Serial No. 47.836.

shown in Fig. .2 are provided atthe inner ends of the arms 16 with hinge members 17 which tit between tliehinge members 14 of the, plates Pintle bolts 1S are fitted in :diningl openings in the. hinged members of the hinge plates and hinge frames and serve to pivot allj-Y eoinieetthe latter t0 the'beani so that said hinge frames may be disposed either in a horizontal position or in any desired.inclination above Vorbelow a horizontal plane. The said hinge frames are provided with adjusted openings 19'. A pair of fen- `der plates if() which are disposed angularly with reterenre toeaeli other and ('.onvei'ge teward their front ends are secured to the rear end ot' andin the fork of a drafty rod 11. the front end ol whieh is pivotallv eonnerted to the front end ol' a link :22. The said link is seini-eireular in forni. is secured to the under lside ot' the beata l at a point between the front pair of hinge plates l2 and the said draft rod ".21 operates between the sides ot' the said link so that, the latter not only serves to eomieet the fender draft, rod to the beam l but also serves to guide said draft rod and enable it to be moved in a vertieal plane. j Y

lnvt'onneetion with the .trame of the eultivator which comprises the beam l, the hatidles and the hinge Jtrames l5, l provide two .series of enltivator deviees. whieli are lieve shown as spring.r teeth ILeat-h seriesof whit-h is eonnerted at. and near the front ends by eross bars til. the. .said vross bars being pivotall v eoiineeted to the said eultivator deviees by bolts Certain of the said bolts '25 also oot'iperate with rertain adjusting openings It) of the hinge frames l to conneet'. the gangs .of eitltivator devices to the said hinge frames at any desired distance from the beam 1. liaeli gang' of enlti 'ator deviees is eonneeted by a rod :2li to the plate L. the front ends of .said rods beingdownturned and en agre'd with rertain openings 3` in said plate so that the eultivator derives Il may be set at any desired distanee apart and may be adjusted either forwardly or rearii'ardly as indicated iii t'nll and dotted lines in Fig. 1.

aeh enltivator Jang is provided with a ,plate 2T eoiineeted pivotallv thereto by one of the bolts 2l and provided with hinge members N. .\djnsting bars 2t) have their 3l and are connected tio the beam l by a bolt 32,' the said bolt, being engaged with aid Cultivating shovels or points of any suitable o rdesired construction may be attached to the do\\'nt.urned standard rear end portions of the eul'tivator devices or teeth 23 for operation in thesoil irc-tween the rows of piants as will he understood. The fender plates run on opposite sides oftherow o f planta-iv and prevent elodf-z, ,atones and the like from injuring; the plants. 1f thetuse of the fender plates is not. desired they may be readil)- raised will be understood.-

What; is claimed isz- I. In a cnltivator. the combination of a. heanx, a frame connected thereto for morenxent in a vertical plane and extending laterallyY from oneside thereof. a gang of cultivator devicest cross bars connecting Said ctrl- 30 ti'cator devices togetl'ier and pivotally con- `neeted thereto, one of said cultivator devicesheing eonneeted to and laici-:diy nl jnstable on said pivotally emineeted tix-:neet

means to secure said pivotavil eonnetrngtt fraine'and gang of eultivator devices in an adjusted .position in a vertical plane andnieans to secure said cultirator devi( es in an adjusted position laterally with ieflpot n. one another.

2. A cultivatoi'eoinprising a eentralhi disposed beam.I trainee on opposite sides themal extending laterally lheret'rmn and hin; d thereto for angular movement in a .vertier-l plane, gangs of cultivator devices, eat-a ,gang having' cross hars connecting the individua? devices thereof together and pivotalljt' to nected thereto. one of said eultivator derives.

olt each gane being' connected mami-huerally` adjustable on one of said hinged fin-mw. means to .secure said pivotally connected frames and gangs of the eultivator Lleva-tw `in an adjusted position in a vertical plane and means to secure said cuhivator devices' m an adjusted position laterally with respect to one another. i

vl'n testimony.' whereof 'l alhx my .signature 1n presence of two witnesses.

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